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...reeled at the severity of the incident. The similar JetBlue incident on Sept. 21 came to mind, in which an airplane had to make an emergency landing with its front landing gear stuck sideways. And who could forget the tragic Southwest Airlines catastrophe—which came barely two weeks before the Midwest incident—in which a jet trying to land in heavy snow and ice slid off a runway at Midway International Airport in Chicago, crashing through a fence, injuring 10 people, and killing a 6-year...
...when the New Horizons probe finally takes off from Cape Canaveral?as early as next week, if all goes well?it will be heading for something else entirely. "This little misfit is now central to our understanding of the origin of our solar system," says Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and lead scientist for New Horizons...
...Like thousands of others, I lost my home, all my belongings and my job in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. While I am extremely grateful to family, friends and strangers who have welcomed me and my granddaughter to a new life in the Southwest, I mourn my life in New Orleans. When I returned a few weekends ago to see whether I could salvage anything from home, I spent some time in the French Quarter, where I used to teach. As I walked by the Little Red Schoolhouse, I looked in the window of my classroom and could...
...right. Their disagreements seemed to disappear once Calexico took the stage; the remainder of the night was filled with stunning music that could be appreciated by almost any group.Tucson-based Calexico, named after a town on the border between California and Mexico, brought a large piece of their Southwest home to a snowy Boston, opening with a lively rendition of the Spanish-guitar driven “Minas de Cobre.” The effect was only enhanced by projected images of galloping horses and frontman Joey Burns’ appropriately denim-and-flannel attire. The band is much more...
...newest kid on the premium-burger block is Real Burger World. Its family-friendly places, on Lavender Hill in Clapham and North End Road in southwest London's Fulham, opened in 2003 and 2005. Their specialties are handmade beef, lamb and chicken burgers infused with Indian or Thai spices, or mint, accompanied by potato-skin fries, and shakes made with fresh chocolate, strawberries or bananas. But don't ask for bacon on that burger or for alcoholic bevvies?Muslim co-owner Naz Choudhury prepares the food according to halal standards...